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Art Majors Advisement Alert: Art majors need to start their major Area F courses in their first semester (ARTS 1610 Drawing I and either ARTS 1620 2D Design, or ARTS 1641 3D Design) in order to complete the two-year sequence. Because of the sequential nature of many art courses, students must meet with one of the full-time art faculty at any of the campuses to plan their course of study during their first semester.
The Arts program is designed as a foundational experience for students wishing to transfer or pursue a career in the visual arts. Students who complete the recommended transfer art curriculum will be prepared to meet the lower-division requirements for art majors in most four-year state institutions. Additionally, elective courses not required in Area F for the associate degree may be taken in order to build a strong portfolio of work, as many four-year institutions require a portfolio review before the student will be admitted into the art program.
ARTS 1301 - Art Appreciation (3)
This course is a survey of world art from prehistory to the present. It explores the relationship of art and artists to past cultures as well as the relevance of the visual arts in our time.
ARTS 1301H - Art Appreciation (Honors) (3)
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Honors Program
This course is ARTS 1301 for Honors students.
ARTS 1610 - Drawing I (3)
This course teaches strategies in seeing and translating what is seen by a variety of drawing methods which include contour drawing, gesture drawing, the use of negative space, the exploration of shading techniques as well as the study of proportion, perspective, and composition. A variety of media will be used. The course may include use of the Fine Arts Computer Laboratory.
ARTS 1611 - Drawing II (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610 or permission of the department chair
This course explores drawing problems in a variety of media. The drawing process and the use of pictorial space will be explored. The course may include some use of the Fine Arts Computer Laboratory.
ARTS 1620 - Two-Dimensional Design & Color Theory (3)
This course is an exploration of the visual elements (line, shape, space, color, texture, time, and motion) and the organization of these elements on a two-dimensional plane. It deals with the development of perceptual awareness, technical skills, and innovative solutions to problems related to composition and color. The course may include some use of a computer laboratory or digital media.
ARTS 1641 - Three-Dimensional Design (3)
This course explores the visual elements and the principles of design in three dimensions. A variety of materials and processes will be explored in a series of projects.
ARTS 1690 – Art History: Prehistory - Renaissance (3)
This course is a survey of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) from prehistory through the Renaissance.
ARTS 1692 – Art History: Baroque - 20th Century (3)
This course is a survey of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) from the Baroque Age through the 20th century in Western Europe and the United States.
ARTS 1694 – Art History: Africa, Oceania, & Americas (3)
This course is a survey of the indigenous arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
ARTS 2400 - Sculpture Fundamentals (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1620 and ARTS 1641 or permission of the department chair
This course introduces the art student to spatial organization of forms ranging from small, intimate objects to large freestanding sculpture. Sculpture Fundamentals introduces the student to a variety of sculptural materials and processes. The course expands the student's knowledge of three-dimensional spatial organization as well as developing the student's skills in the use of tools and equipment to produce sculpture.
ARTS 2613 - Figure Drawing (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610 or permission of the department chair
This course explores drawing of the human form. Students will draw from a live model to become familiar with the structural, anatomical design, and expressive elements of the human figure. A variety of media and techniques will be used.
ARTS 2615 - Ceramic Design: Hand Building (3)
This course offers an exploration of three-dimensional forms in clay. Projects include various hand-building techniques. Basic technology in preparing, firing, and glazing is presented.
ARTS 2617 - Ceramic Design: Wheel (3)
This course offers a solid foundation for "throwing" or forming clay on the potter's wheel. A variety of issues in ceramic design, history, decorative techniques, and expressive potential are explored.
ARTS 2618 - Special Topics/Ceramic Design (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 2615 or ARTS 2617, with "C" or better, or permission of the department chair
This course offers an exploration of clay, building on the design fundamentals, skills, and techniques learned in ARTS 2615 or ARTS 2617, thus expanding the student's knowledge of ceramic design, firing, and glazing.
ARTS 2619 - Painting (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610 and ARTS 1620, or permission of the department chair
This course is an introduction to painting which explores composition, color, and technique. Media used in the course may include acrylic or oil paint.
ARTS 2621 - Watercolor (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610 and ARTS 1620, or permission of the department chair.
This course explores the medium of watercolor. Emphasis is placed on the skillful handling of the medium, color, and composition.
ARTS 2624 - Photography I (3)
This course is an introduction to the use of the camera as a creative tool. Students are instructed in the theoretical principles of the photographic process. The course includes the following topics: methods of camera usage, photographic terminology, identification of the camera's parts, film processing, darkroom procedures, contact printing, use of the enlarger, and photographic composition.
ARTS 2625 - Photography II (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 2624 or permission of the department chair
This course takes photography as a creative tool to the next level. Students refine camera and darkroom skills as well as explore new photographic and darkroom techniques. Traditional and alternative photographic processes will be introduced. The development of individual vision expressed in a body of work will be emphasized.
ARTS 2630 - Computer Imagery I (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610 and ARTS 1620
This course is an introduction to drawing, design, and color that uses the computer as a creative medium.
ARTS 2631 - Computer Imagery II (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 2630
This course builds on the foundation of Computer Imagery I by introducing concepts and practices in motion and interactive computer graphics. Students explore computer- based motion and interactive graphics through readings and projects solving a variety of design problems that have artistic as well as commercial applications.
ARTS 2640 - Portfolio (3)
Prerequisites: ARTS 1610, ARTS, 1611, ARTS 1620, and ARTS 1641
This course introduces the art student to the indispensable tools and techniques for presenting one's work in a professional manner to the world at large.


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I'm a professional link builder – I've literally built a business around building links.
Needless to say, I take it pretty seriously when Google's head of webspam vents some frustration on the internet which leads to further link building fear, uncertainty and doubt.
I'm, of course, referring to what Matt Cutts wrote on January 20:
Okay, I'm calling it: if you're using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should probably stop. Why? Because over time it's become a more and more spammy practice, and if you're doing a lot of guest blogging then you're hanging out with really bad company.
People in our industry tend to sensationalize the (often ambiguous) statements Cutts makes.
However, I wanted to address Cutts' post, and explain why guest blogging isn't going away in 2014. To summarize:
- Cutts never speaks in absolutes, and always leaves wiggle room.
- Google isn't going to ignore good content just because it's from a guest contributor.
- Much of Cutts rant was against low quality guest posting which is designed to create mass links instead of quality links (or other benefits of which guest blogging is capable).
- There is a wide world of difference between a low quality guest post such as Cutts describes and high quality guest posts – even if those high quality posts have links.
- Nofollowing all links within a guest post is infeasible and silly, and throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- Guest blogging goes beyond SEO and Google, and has many additional benefits. Google couldn't wholly kill guest blogging even if they really wanted to.
Cutts "Probably" Said Something
In his blog post, Cutts states that if you are guest blogging as a way to gain links, you should "probably stop".
That's right, he said "probably stop". Remember the wiggle room I mentioned? There's always a kernel of uncertainty and doubt. I don't blame Cutts, and I certainly don't envy him his job. But don't take what he has to say as gospel.
Preserving Quality Content
It wouldn't make much sense for Google to penalize high-quality content just because it was written by a guest author.
Google is a business. As a business, Google aims to provide their customers (users) with the best possible product (search results) they can. In fact, their entire business depends upon it.
Google made 96 percent of its revenue in 2012 from advertising within their search engine result pages. According to the Forbes 500 list, Google brought in $52.2 billion that year. Google has a whopping 67.3 percent of the search market cornered as of December 2013; as a company they rely on this monopoly – they can't afford to have their search results dip in quality.
Why then would Google want to penalize an author and/or site that publishes useful content via guest blogging?
Punishing a high-quality site that accepts guest posts would only diminish the quality of Google's own search results. Furthermore, many authoritative sites currently publish articles from guest bloggers.
While The Huffington Post may be an extreme example, there are also smaller quality sites that are utilize guest bloggers. The secret? An editorial process.
In fact, Cutts addresses this:
I'm also not talking about multi-author blogs. High-quality multi-author blogs like Boing Boing have been around since the beginning of the web, and they can be compelling, wonderful, and useful.
Clearly Google doesn't want to cut these "high-quality multi-author blogs" from their search results, even if guest blogs are involved.
Content Distribution
It's foolish to think that Google can cut off the democratic distribution of content, even in part.
Content marketers are eager to point out that John Deere was content marketing back in 1895. Direct mail advertisers have been active using the US Postal Service since the early 1900s. High-quality guest blogging is just the latest incarnation in a long history of content distribution.
A searcher doesn't care who contributed a certain piece of content, they only care that the author is a credible authority and the content is useful.
If Google penalized or devalued sites that accept guest blogs it could have a detrimental impact to their search quality, and ultimately their revenue. It would certainly have a detrimental impact on many authoritative, well respected sites.
It would be fairly presumptuous for Google to think they can disrupt the distribution of content on the internet.
No, Cutts was referencing low-quality guest blogging: poorly-written blog posts which are not relevant, with poor content, often sent via mass-emailing a multitude of blog owners hoping something sticks.
Cutts even changed the title of his post to reflect this, from "The decay and fall of guest blogging" to "The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO". I believe this really means "The decay and fall of low-quality guest blogging".
Low-Quality Guest Blogging
There's actually a large gap between credible guest blogging and guest blogs written as quickly as possible for a link.
Low-quality guest blogs contain spun content (re-written quickly and unintelligibly), awkward keyword-rich anchor text, and an abundance of grammatical and spelling errors. Often they read like a rough draft, and contain general or vague information as opposed to specific, nuanced knowledge.
An example of what Cutts was talking about:
The title alone sounds more suited for an experimental poem than a useful article. It's awkward, and clearly not written with the reader in mind.
Looking at the header, we notice a few additional signs of low-quality guest blogging:
First, this post received zero comments. None. No one was compelled by this piece. Zero engagement.
We can also see that the article has been attributed to "John Lennon." However, the bio reads:
The byline doesn't match the bio, which makes verifying authorship quite difficult. And Christina No-Last-Name is clearly not a grammar expert.
The clarity of the rest of the article is just as questionable as the headline and bio. Let's take a look at the first paragraph:
Judging from the first sentence alone, I would wager that this piece of content has been spun by either a robot or a non-native English speaker. It has no sense of the conventions of the English language, let alone a nuanced understanding of how to use language to encourage a connection with the topic.
This is the kind of guest blog spam Cutts was actually referring to – unfortunately he provided no solid examples, which can cause fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
High-Quality Guest Blogging
High-quality guest blogs are well-written with evidence of social shares and verifiable authorship. They form a connection between the reader and the topic at hand. All while providing content that is, you know, actually valuable.
Here is an example of such a post:
Seth Godin is a respected blogger and marketer with a strong social presence. The above article has (as of this writing) been tweeted more than 500 times. His writing is clear, concise, and provides an intelligent message to his readers.
The article also contains a bio link (pictured below). As you can see, it leads the user to the most natural/logical place imaginable: Godin's own blog.
The link to Mr. Godin's blog is natural to allow a reader to explore more of his work.
The green highlight is courtesy of the Mozbar, which means the link is a dofollow link.
Links within Guest Blogs
Back in July, John Mueller of Google suggested making any links that you include in a guest blog "nofollow". With Cutts' post, it now appears Google may be looking at guest blog links more closely.
Again, I would state this is a quality over quantity issue. Credible guest blogs will always have the need to link out to other sites, editorially.
This is literally the link web Google was founded on; editorially placed links used to cite information, explain a concept, or recommend a product/site.
Sure, there will be guest posts that only exist for a single link which is clearly pointing to a client. But for quality guest blogs there will always be an editorial link or two - links that were just nofollowed because they 'might' be someone's attempt at building a link.
This is throwing out the baby with the bathwater - were this to become common practice, Google would be polluting their own link web since many editorial links would suddenly become nofollowed, dubbed questionable.
Guest blogging exists outside of link building, and even Google; it serves legitimate branding and authority building functions beyond SEO – which is why Cutts was forced to change the title on his blog post.
It's important to understand the need for diverse strategies in link building; it's always a bad idea to bet it all on black. But I for one don't believe that guest posting even for SEO is dead. I don't believe Google has the power to kill guest posting, if they even wanted to.
Quality has been a persistent issue in link building. No one would argue that spammers haven't been abusing guest blogging. But I still believe guest blogging can be done with integrity, and quality.
Don't Stick a Fork in it Yet…
Since his proclamation to "stick a fork in guest blogging", Cutts has backed away from his blanket statement. To drill down and takeaway something from his post, we must look at the last paragraph of the section he added after he initially published it.
"I just want to highlight that a bunch of low-quality or spam sites have latched on to "guest blogging" as their link-building strategy, and we see a lot more spammy attempts to do guest blogging. Because of that, I'd recommend skepticism (or at least caution) when someone reaches out and offers you a guest blog article."
I feel pretty comfortable saying Cutts intent in this post was likely to discourage spammy guest bloggers and warn inexperienced webmasters. A warning shot against spammy practices.
This could actually lead (hopefully) to improvements in the guest blogging realm as bloggers and webmasters alike will likely raise their quality standards.
Looking at the past and the types of link schemes/tactics that Google has "killed", we can draw a common theme. Tactics like article marketing and comment spam were easily identifiable and traceable tactics that existed primarily to grant a quick and easy link.
Guest blogging is different. High-quality guest posting serves a legitimate function online, beyond even quality link building. Google literally can't kill guest posting because it resides outside the realm of link building and Google itself.
Maybe Cutts should have changed the title of the post to "The decay and fall of spammy guest blogging".


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FATHER ARRESTED IN STABBING OF 17-YEAR-OLD BOY The father of a 17-year-old victim and a Landers woman have been arrested after a stabbing Wednesday. Sheriff's Detective Brian Quintard said the boy, with a stab wound to his abdomen, was brought to the Hi-Desert Medical Center Emergency Room Wednesday night at 10:50 by a woman, later identified as Jacklen Crossen, 51, of Landers. He was evaluated and then transported to Desert Regional Hospital. Crossen left the hospital before responding deputies could arrive. The victim originally told investigators he had been stabbed by an unknown man after an argument behind Food 4 Less Wednesday evening. Subsequent investigation by Sheriff's detectives resulted in serving a search warrant at the home of Teddy, "Guy" Cannon, 44, in the 5700 block of Mariquita Road in Landers. Cannon was later found hiding in a home in the 4200 block of Young's Freeway in Landers. Detective Quintard said investigation revealed that Cannon was the father of the victim and they had been arguing over respect issues and the use of a Dr. Pepper soft drink when Cannon stabbed his son in the abdomen. Yesterday at 5 p.m. Teddy "Guy" Cannon was placed under arrest for investigation of attempted murder and booked into the Morongo Basin jail. Jacklen Crossen was booked for investigation of conspiracy. Both Cannon and Crossen are being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $1 million bail.
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CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS 2102 RETROSPECTIVE PART 2: UNRESOLVED ISSUES Z107.7 News is presenting an in-depth series of stories and issues that dominated our local elected bodies in the year 2012. Today we bring you part 2 of a 2-part retrospective on the City of Twentynine Palms. What are arguably the two biggest stories of the year in Twentynine Palms—Project Phoenix and the future of fire protection services—remain unresolved as we start a new year. Reporter Dan Stork continues his wrap-up of 2012 for Twentynine Palms… In an effort to wrest Redevelopment Agency funds from the grasp of the state, the City fast-tracked and enlarged Project Phoenix, a redevelopment plan for downtown, and issued bonds designed to commit those funds to the project. The City then spent the rest of the year in a tug-of-war with the California Department of Finance over the legality of that commitment, with the parties still arguing as 2012 drew to a close. In the spring, the voters in the Twentynine Palms Water District, which includes the City, rejected a tax increase for support of the Fire Department, which is a responsibility of the Water District. In response, and with acquiescence of the City Council, the Water District applied to the Local Agency Formation Commission to transfer fire and emergency services responsibilities to San Bernardino County. When protests arose over the level of service that the County is willing to provide, the Water District stopped the application process, and turned in December to the City for help.
NEW COMMANDING GENERAL COMING TO TWENTYNINE PALMS MARINE BASE The Combat Center will host its change of command ceremony Friday, January 11. After serving as the Commanding General since July 2011, Brigadier General George W. Smith Jr. will relinquish command of the 28,000-person installation to Major General David H. Berger. Brig. Gen. Smith will next serve as Deputy Commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) for Security Force Assistance and will deploy to Afghanistan in late January. Maj. Gen. Berger last served as the Commanding General of 1st Marine Division (Forward) in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, and was responsible for the day-to-day ground combat operations across Afghanistan's Helmand Province. The change of command ceremony will be held on Lance Corporal Torrey L. Gray Field on the base at 2 p.m.
MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2012, A YEAR OF BUDGET CHALLENGES It's been a tough year for the Morongo Unified School District. The district has faced its share of budget challenges. Reporter Kristy Lockhart has a review of the issues facing MUSD… In this economy, many people are facing hard times. Local schools have also been hit hard. Superintendent James Majchrzak worries about employee morale. "How are they gonna maintain their morale when all the prices are going up? We haven't given them a pay raise for over four years." He adds one of the biggest challenges facing our schools is unfunded mandates. In an effort to match standards in core subjects across the country, the state is requiring the district make to changes at a cost to the district of $1.1 million per subject.
"The unfunded mandates are what drive you crazy. They've adopted this but we won't get any funding." This year the board was also forced to cut the transportation budget by 50 percent. "Transportation is a tough thing to try and get right and then where to put the bus stops and make them as safe as you possibly can." Assistant Superintendent Tom Baumgarten credits the dedication of teachers and staff despite fiscal challenges. "I'm proud of the work they continue to do and the service they provide to children."
MORONGO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT IN 2012, FROM A ROCKY START TO LEAN AND EFFICIENT The normally quiet operations of the Morongo Valley Community Services District rose above our news radar this year as they got off to a rocky start for 2012. Reporter Mike Lipsitz, who is now covering Morongo Valley as part of his regular beat, takes a look back… For the Morongo Valley Community Services District, 2012 got off to a very rocky start with a controversial vote of 'no confidence' and subsequent departure of popular CSD Manager Meg Foley. The move followed a firing in the Fire Department and very quickly locals divided into those who supported Foley and those who supported the on the board decision. Before the dust settled, we saw resignations of CSD Vice President Richard Brewer, and Fire Chief Curtis Hooper, shuttering of the CSD office, and a groundswell of unhappy locals calling for resignations from one board faction or the other. Charges of wrong-doing were met with counter charges, but the remaining board members stuck with the task of setting things right. March saw the hiring of new general manager Rick Lebel who established himself as a capable and efficient administrator. And while some hard feelings remain, the CSD closes 2012 leaner, more transparent and efficient than it began.
SEASON TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THEATRE 29 2013 SEASON Don't miss out on any of the great live productions at Theatre 29. 2013 season tickets are available now by calling the Theatre 29 box office at 760-361-4151 or online at www.theatre29.org. Season tickets get you in to six regular season productions: three musicals, a thriller, a children's show, a classic Christmas show and the Halloween spectacular! A whole year of quality live theatre, $68.00 regular admission, $56.00 seniors and military and $46.00 for childen and students. For Theatre 29 2013 season tickets call Theatre 29 at 760-361-4151 or go to www.theatre29.org.
CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR "DEATHTRAP" AT THEATRE 29 The new 2013 season for Theatre 29, the Morongo Basin's première theater venue and the only year-round community theater operating in both the high and low desert, kicks off January 11. Managing Editor Tami Roleff says the casting is completed for the quirky murder mystery/thriller/comedy, "Deathtrap"… Theatre 29 and director Butch Pelfry announce the casting for the first production of the 2013 season, the classic thriller "Deathtrap," by Ira Levin. Sidney Bruhl, a down-on-his-luck playwright looking for the next big play, is played by Leonard Webber. Bruhl receives a great script from unknown playwright Clifford Anderson, played by Benjamin Bees. Bruhls' understanding wife, Myra Bruhl, will be portrayed by Janet Peercy. Helga Ten Dorp, a visiting Dutch psychic who "sees" much pain, is played by Judy Andreshak; and Porter Milgrim, Sidney's attorney and aspiring novelist with greed in his heart, is Tom Highfill. Under the direction of Theatre 29 Butch Pelfry, the plot bends, spirals, and spins totally out of control as Bruhl and Anderson match wits in this suspenseful nail-biter that provides both thrills and laughter. "Deathtrap" opens January 11 and runs for five weekends, through February 9, 2013.
ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT TWENTYNINE PALMS ANIMAL SHELTER The Twentynine Palm City Animal Shelter is a great place to find that new pet for your family. ROP Broadcast Student Cody Martin says the Palms N' Paws Shelter is a busy one… Palms and Paws Animal shelter is located in Twentynine Palms, off of Hatch and Bullion Roads. Their business hours are Monday through Friday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Supervisor Rick Boyd says the shelter's animal capacity holds up to 250 dogs and cats, and adopt around 10-12 animals per week. Palms and Paws can hold an animal up to three months; after the three-months mark is up they usually can get send to an animal rescue. Palms and Paws is a very well known and respected facility, and all of the employees are respectful and greeting. So stop on by and grab yourself a animal and help the cause.
BUSY WEEKEND FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES In high school sports tomorrow, local high schools are still playing in tournaments. The Twentynine Palms High School boys' Wildcat basketball team will be in the last day of the Coronado Tourney. The Lady Cats will still be playing in the Best in the West Tournament through Monday.
The Yucca Valley boys' and girls' soccer teams will both be playing in the Ontario Christian Christmas Classic.
And finally, the Joshua Springs Lightning boys' basketball team will play in a tournament at Desert Christian School.
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Michael T. Kinter, Ph.D.
Associate Member
Free Radical Biology & Aging Research Program
Associate Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Free radicals are formed when the body uses oxygen to make energy, to process foreign particles, like drugs, even when we encounter sunlight or radiation. Sometimes, when free radicals react with the body's tissues, damage can occur, leading to heart disease, cancer and many conditions associated with aging.
In my lab, we study the damage that happens when free radicals interact with cells and try to observe how cells protect themselves or change themselves in the process. We have learned that sometimes the body's reaction to the free radicals, rather than the free radicals themselves, can cause the most damage.
Some cells have the ability to adjust to free radical damage and function normally, or even benefit from the interaction. Other cells see little or no damage from free radicals, while some simply shut down or die.
In heart disease, certain white blood cells often react to free radicals by transforming themselves into "foam" cells. Those cells can lead to atherosclerosis, an inflammatory disease that clogs blood vessels and causes heart disease.
Our goal is to understand these changes so we can use them to our benefit. By identifying the triggers that can either increase good cell responses or decrease bad ones, we may learn ways to prevent many kinds of human disease.
B.S. Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 1982
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1986
Postdoc, Clinical Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1986-1988
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Joined OMRF Scientific Staff in 2008.
There are two primary activities in my laboratory: characterizing changes in protein expression in hearts and mitochondria from mice that are consuming a high-fat diet and characterizing the sites and chemical structure of oxidant-damaged proteins. A unique aspect of my experiments is the use of mass spectrometry to sequence and characterize proteins. These types of experiments are broadly referred to a proteomics.
In the first area of investigation, we use a proteomic approach – gel electrophoresis and quantitative mass spectrometry – to identify proteins that are differentially expressed in the heart and mitochondria. The general hypothesis being tested in this work is that the high fat diet produces a chronic oxidative stress that alters heart and mitochondrial function through changes in protein expression. Our goal is to discover previously unidentified or unstudied proteins that help drive the progression of the diet-induced heart failure.
In the second area of investigation, we use tandem mass spectrometry to characterize the site and structure of oxidative modifications to proteins. One theory of how oxidative stress affects cells is that key proteins become modified in a manner that alters their function. Our goal is to trace the specific structures that are characterized to new information about the oxidation reactions leading to those modifications and the link between those modifications and cell/tissue damage.
Recent Publications
Lane RS, Fu Y, Matsuzaki S, Kinter M, Humphries KM, Griffin TM. Mitochondrial respiration and redox coupling in articular chondrocytes. Arthritis Res Ther 17:566, 2015. [Abstract]
Wong KE, Mikus CR, Slentz DH, Seiler SE, Debalsi KL, Ilkayeva OR, Crain KI, Kinter MT, Kien CL, Stevens RD, Muoio DM. Muscle-specific overexpression of PGC-1alpha does not augment metabolic improvements in response to exercise and caloric restriction. Diabetes 2015. [Abstract] EPub
Kanan Y, Siefert JC, Kinter M, Al-Ubaidi MR. Complement Factor H, vitronectin, and opticin are tyrosine-sulfated proteins of the retinal pigment epithelium. PLoS One 9:e105409, 2014. [Abstract]
Selected Publications
Kinter CS, Lundie JM, Patel H, Rindler PM, Szweda LI, Kinter M. A Quantitative proteomic profile of the Nrf2-mediated antioxidant response of macrophages to oxidized LDL determined by multiplexed selected reaction monitoring. PLoS One 7:e50016, 2012. [Abstract]
Rindler PM, Plafker SM, Szweda LI, Kinter M. High dietary fat selectively increases catalase expression within cardiac mitochondria. J Biol Chem 288:1979-1990, 2013. [Abstract]
Conway JP, Kinter M. Proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of macrophages with an increased resistance to oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-induced cytotoxicity generated by chronic exposure to oxLDL. Mol Cell Proteomics 4:1522-1540, 2005. [Abstract]
Zheng L, Settle M, Brubaker G, Schmitt D, Hazen SL, Smith JD, Kinter M. Localization of nitration and chlorination sites on apolipoprotein A-I catalyzed by myeloperoxidase in human atheroma and associated oxidative impairment in ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux from macrophages. J Biol Chem 280:38-47, 2005. [Abstract]
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The current -lpicl in src/Makefile.am comes from Terry's initial Solaris CPUModel detection patch. If Terry is ok, I am fine with your change as well.
Le 12/06/2012 16:19, Jeff Squyres a écrit : > I recently upgraded OMPI's SVN trunk to hwloc 1.4.2, and immediately broke builds on Solaris. After some hunting around, here's what our friends at Oracle have found: > > - Building hwloc 1.4.2 standalone on Solaris works fine. > - Building OMPI SVN trunk (with hwloc 1.4.2 embedded) on Solaris fails due to a missing -lpicl. > - The issue seems to be in hwloc's src/Makefile.am: > > if HWLOC_HAVE_SOLARIS > ldflags += -lpicl > endif HWLOC_HAVE_SOLARIS > > Specifically, -lpicl gets added to standalone builds but not embedded builds. > > Shouldn't the check for -lpicl be in hwloc.m4 so that it gets added to HWLOC_EMBEDDED_LIBS? See the attached patch. > > Or is there a deeper reason we didn't use AC_CHECK_LIB and used HWLOC_HAVE_SOLARIS instead? (e.g., is -lpicl Bad on other platforms?) > > > > _______________________________________________ > hwloc-devel mailing list > hwloc-devel_at_[hidden] > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/hwloc-devel


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Reading about those green chile burgers in Houston made me so hungry for New Mexico-style Mexican food. I happened to have had a chat with a saleswoman at a local Pier 1 who mentioned she was born and raised in New Mexico. I asked her if she had found any great Houston restaurants that served New Mexico-style food, and she said that she just loves Santa Fe Flats. Said they serve stacked enchiladas, New Mexico style, and when you order anything requiring chile sauce, the server asks "green or red" just like in New Mexico.
I lived in New Mexico for a total of about five years or so, and had lots of relatives that lived there. When I was a teenager, I often spent summers with my grandparents up in the Farmington/Durango/Four Corners area, so that food is rooted pretty deeply in my heart.
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It is definitely my favorite of the various border Mexican cuisines - Tex/Mex, Arizona/Mex, Cali/Mex, etc.
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It looks pretty good Jaymes. When are we going???
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Chuy's has the most authentic NewMex style green chile (or is it chili) I have found in Houston.
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Scientists directed human stem cells to form networks of tiny blood vessels that can connect to the existing circulation in mice. The finding might assist future efforts to repair and regenerate tissues and organs, which need an adequate blood supply to grow and survive.
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Jean Antoine Injalbert
Jean-Antoine Injalbert (1845–1933) was a much-decorated French sculptor, born in Béziers.
The son of a stonemason, Injalbert was a pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1874. At the Exposition Universelle of 1889 he won the Grand Prix, and in 1900 was a member of the jury. On the day of the inauguration of the Pont Mirabeau in Paris, Injalbert was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur. In 1905 he was made a member of the Institut de France, and in 1910 promoted to Commander of the Légion d'honneur.
His work shows powerful imagination and strong personality, as well as great knowledge. From about 1915 onwards he became influential as a teacher, at the Académie Colarossi and as chief instructor at the École des Beaux Arts. Among his many students were Prague sculptor František Bílek, Alfred Janniot, Fernand Guignier, Gleb W. Derujinsky and the American sculptor Edward McCartan.
Many of his works are in the "Hôtel Fayet" one of the three "Musée Des Beaux-Arts" in Béziers, and the "Villa Antonine", where he had his summer studio. His old family home.
- four allegorical figures of The City of Paris, Navigation, Commerce and Abundance on the Pont Mirabeau, Paris, 1896
- monument to Molière in Pézenas, 1897
- Crucifixion, at the Cathedral of Rheims, 1898
- Bordeaux and Toulouse, allegorical statues for the Gare de Tours, 1898, for architect Victor Laloux
- tympanum depicting the city of Paris surrounded by muses, Petit Palais Paris, circa 1900
- allegorical figures of the Loire and the Cher, for the Hôtel de ville in Tours, circa 1900, for architect Victor Laloux
- figures of Electricity and Commerce on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, 1905
- Monument to the Dead, Béziers, 1925
- Hippomenes at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
- Eve After the Fall, in Montpellier
- Sadi-Carnot in Sète
- Love Conquering the Lion, Fame, The Laughing Child and several others, in Béziers
- figure of Honoré Mirabeau at the Panthéon (Paris)
- bust of Louis Gallet, in Valence, Drôme
entrance to the Petit Palais, Paris
Navigation at the Pont Mirabeau
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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When mother and father died I was just a baby. I have no memories of them at all. Now I reside in the Slate Side Orphanage in the UK. Honestly I know nothing about myself other than my birthday, first name and that my parents are dead. What a pitiful existence. No one at the orphanage knows anything about me either. The woman who brought me here told me that she had been walking home from a friends home when a person asked her to hold their baby. She accepted and once she had me the person ran off at a rapid pace. A long time went by and no one came back for me. She looked up and down the streets but there was no sign of the person who had left me. Knowing she couldn't leave a defenseless baby girl in the streets she took me to the orphanage where she worked. I've asked for more details many times but there wasn't much to my story. Apparently the person who left me was wearing some sort of cloak so their face and body were covered. The women at the orphanage didn't know my name so they named me Willow. Personally the name is too girly for my liking so I go by Will. That's about all anyone knows concerning my life story.
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text: [[AC:FridgeBrilliance]]* The ending of ''Pan's Labyrinth'' is fairytale cheesy unless you accept [[spoiler:the girl was hallucinating the entire time to escape from reality and no magical kingdom was waiting for her]]. --Pak** So then, one is left to wonder [[spoiler:how far back the hallucination goes. If only the "magical" parts of the movie were hallucinations, and the rest were real, then how did Ofelia escape from the room she was locked in and steal away her brother?]] Having the ending be deliberately ambiguous so the audience could choose which type of ending they liked was a stroke of genius, to be sure. --Amethyst** Or, conversely, it's GRIMDARK nihilistic unless you accept [[spoiler:the girl went through meaningful, genuine trials and found magic and meaning even in the horribleness of war, without surrendering to either evil or insanity]]. Interestingly, the film sets it up so that this is actually more plausible by the standards of Occam's Razor than the alternative; without it, she [[spoiler:inexplicably teleports twice]] and [[spoiler:the final shot of the flower blooming doesn't have an explanation either, since no one is around to hallucinate it]]. --@/{{Haven}}*** Okay, in this troper's opinion, it was less a hallucination than a trauma-triggered fantasy perception of Ofelia. All of it. One can clearly see how the events involving the magic beings are triggered/dependent on the real-life happenings. And, for that matter, this troper ''believes'' to have figured out, how [[spoiler:she escaped the room in the end]].**** [[spoiler:May be a tiny bit WildMassGuessing, but although we do know that her door was guarded, the guard may have either gone by the time Ofelia exited, or he went to take a look at the commotion down at in the courtyard (the two survivors of a patrol had made it back to their HQ at the mill.) Now, if it was really fully locked is another thought. Just because Vidal ordered the door to be locked, it doesn't mean that the guard actually did it [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy (he may not have found it necessary.)]] Either that or Vidal actually only bluffed. In fact, as Vidal catches Ofelia with her baby brother in his study, he does not seem very confused why she isn't locked in her room. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight He looks rather annoyed, in fact]]. Anyway, as Ofelia, her brother and Captain Vidal escape the mill, the Guerrillas (led by Mercedes) [[YouAreTooLate are seen entering Ofelia's bedroom, only to find it abandoned]]. Although the audience can catch a glimpse of Mercedes pushing open the door, one cannot define, whether it has been locked or not. It probably wasn't, or else the Guerrillas would have had to kick it in.]] --Jeezer** I realised after a few viewings that it's even more brilliant, because there's a third kind of ending -- that the Faun and everything had been real, but he wasn't lying about abandoning her, and only the ending was a hallucination. Which opens up a whole new subtext to the rest of the movie. Her kingdom is called The Underworld, she has to sacrifice a baby to get in, refusing to do so makes her unworthy to get in, and frankly, that Faun just isn't a very convincing good guy. Hell much? --Whatever*** Yes, God forbid any folklore have a conception of the Underworld that isn't HijackedByJesus. Sorry, but that trope really [[ItJustBugsMe annoys me]].*** I have never heard those tales about the moon around here. As far as I know, the film takes place in Galicia, or at least in north UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} (and the mythologies have many points in common.) In Galician mythology, there are two worlds: The one above ground, our realm, and the realm of the dead that also is the realm where mouras (like the Irish sidhe,) so it's actually possible that Ofelia died but still managed to return. Also, being dead doesn't mean that you can no longer walk the world of the living.**** Actually, it does take place in Asturias, and [[ItJustBugsMe I need to correct your wrongness for the sake of my pride]].** Regardless of whether or not [[spoiler:she actually reaches the Underworld when she dies]], the very nature of it is dubiously "good." It took me a day to remember the actual description of the Underworld, which is a world with neither pain nor sunshine. The reason the princess left in the first place was to be able to know joy, which also led to suffering. What made it brilliant was that the traditional moral of these things is "you must know suffering to know joy," therefore, the chaotic world is the better alternative. However, here Ofelia is [[spoiler:desperate to return to the unchanging, safe world. This is also the brilliance of the movie, because the way the [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop traditional moral is reversed]] serves to augment the fact that the heroes of this story are the communist rebels]].*** Say what? Only if you believe that [[spoiler:communism is about grey jumpsuits and nothing much changing, which would have been a surprise to the anti-Stalinist Trotskyist movement. The communists and anarchists of the Spanish Civil War, who decked out the streets with flags and partied like it was 1999 after the Revolution, might be a bit surprised by this]].** If it was all just hallucination, then the chalk outline of a door in her room when the adults are looking for her serves no purpose.** Word of God says that everything really happened, none of it was a hallucination.*** Is that so? This Troper recalls reading that Creator/GuillermoDelToro never gave a definite answer precisely because it is left up to the viewer to decide even though he tends to hint it was real. Personally, I believe that it was all a tragic hallucination but, either way, limiting the possibilities would be a huge mistake and Del Toro knew that.** I feel that it would be "cheesy" if it all was a hallucination and confirmed as such. It would suck all the genuine beauty and magic out of the film and reduce if to a boring run of the mill plot where people were too cowardly to ascribe something to magic. Not magic as in the standard [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] hock, but genuine magic, scary and overwhelming. The brilliance is leaving how she got out open to interpretation. Open to the hope, that it was magic.*** It comes full circle, the movie makes a message about the lack of magic and believing, it seems in modern times the discussing of art has lots a lot of its magic. Where instead of people being able state why they come to conclusions, people are more concerned with finding the author's right and arguing with anyone that disagrees or hating on the fact answer if it's not what they wanted.*** There's a quote of [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore's]] that seems quite appropriate here. Something like "Of course it was all in your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean it wasn't real?"** Actually Del Toro states that the film is designed to match the belief of the user, but that his personal vision for the movie was that it was all real. [[http://twitchfilm.com/2006/12/pans-labyrinthinterview-with-guillermo-del-toro.html Reference]].* ''Pan's Labyrinth'' is even more brilliant to anyone who has any understanding of folklore: The Faun leads Ofelia on her quest to return to the moon, but in the folklore of that part of the world, the moon is the location of the land of the virtuous dead. So all along Ofelia's quest to escape to the moon is a quest to die nobly enough to earn her place there.** It's even more poignant when you realize that Ofelia's only real choices in the film are between dying virtuously or dying miserably. The option of living never appears in the CrapsackWorld era of Spain post-Spanish civil war.* Everyone says that Ofelia holds the IdiotBall when she eats the food set out at the Pale Man's table. How hard is it to resist the food that belongs to Mr. NightmareFuel when you ''know darn well'' the consequence of eating food of the Underworld! But... Is Ofelia really that much more oblivious than her mother? Her mother who marries Captain Vidal, allows herself to be dominated by him body and soul, and must know how cruel he is, but is blinded by the wealth, comfort, and prestige that he offers. "Look at the beautiful clothes your father gave to us!"** As del Toro stated himself in the DVD commentary, she hasn't eaten in what, a day? Two? Or maybe it was just skipping 2 meals (I forget his exact words.) Either way, she hasn't eaten in a long time. Hunger makes you do crazy things.** I've always wondered, how much choice did Ofelia's mother have in the matter? I haven't watched the movie in some time, but as I recall, Vidal first pursued her. I imagine it would be dangerous for a single, unmarried woman with a daughter living alone in Fascist Spain to spurn the advances of a sadistic, high-ranking official? Perhaps this is treading into WMG territory. In that sense, it would make sense for Carmen to attempt to warm Ofelia to Captain Vidal, knowing that he could literally hold the power of life or death over them.** In a way, the juxtaposition of the Pale Man's table with the scene of frightened townspeople lining up to take the only food they could probably get, rations doled out by the Fascists, has some significance. Ofelia's mother is not to blame for seeking a way out of a dangerous situation and possible destitution; monsters manipulating hungry people with the promise of being well-provided for is hardly rare.*** Not to mention, while I want to believe the OP didn't mean it, their words come off as [[UnfortunateImplications victim-blamey and rather... Offensive]] in regards to DomesticAbuse. Put yourself in Carmen's shoes -- a single mother who's [[UnequalPairing in an incredibly disadvantaged situation]] (war, destitution, illness, etc.) is surely [[TooDumbToLive going to openly rebel against a brute like Vidal]], who could easily hurt her. (Not likely ''kill'' her, since he needs to have a son and heir badly.) And yet the OP says Carmen "allows herself to be dominated in mind and soul" and "is blinded by his wealth, prestige and comfort"? Uh, nope, things aren't that easy -- Carmen was trying to cope with her and Ofelia's damn harsh situation, and definitely couldn't "fight back." One thing is a "weak female character" who has next to no agency/motivations/etc., and another is a "powerless female character" who is in a terrible situation and either cannot strike back or hasn't found out how... Like Carmen. (Ofelia does her best to handle self more actively, [[spoiler: even if trying to retrieve her brother gets her shot to death -- but then Mercedes finishes the job. ''Magnificently''.]])* I think everyone's forgetting something: The... Baby root thing that the Faun gives Ofelia to cure her mother (the thing that's put in milk and has to be given blood everyday.) Both Vidal and Ofelia's mother saw and could touch it.** But also only Ofelia sees it move and hears its pained screams during the fireplace scene.** Mandrakes are real plants that grow in Europe. It is also a nightshade and very poisonous and widely used in magic rituals.** So... How ''does'' a small girl get a hold of a whole mandrake in a remote outpost during a civil war? [[SarcasmMode Ebay?]]* When the narrator talks, notice that the story refers to the heroine as "The Princess." There's the detail that the narrator ''never says The Princess and Ofelia were the same person.'' Taking that into account, one can argue that it wasn't real.* When Ofelia asks the Faun why she ought to trust him, his reassurances aren't all that convincing. [[spoiler:This may have been intentional. If she ''had'' trusted him, the SecretTestOfCharacter might not have been applicable]].* The Faun's final test to kill her brother and open the door, [[spoiler:which is in reality the SecretTestOfCharacter,]] is hinted at by Dr. Ferraro's dialogue during his CMOA. [[spoiler:"Because to obey orders just like that, for the sake of obeying... That is something that '''only people like you do''', Captain."]]* Captain Vidal has been haunted all his life by his father's death, thanks to the memento of his broken watch. This must be why he wants a son so badly, so he can be a father to his boy like his own father never was. [[TroubledAbuser That makes him such a monster, the fact he has a very credible and very human backstory but still commits all these acts of evil.]]** Not to mention, this human backstory makes him ''scarier'' -- it means that ''anyone'' can potentially turn out to be like him, if the right circumstances ever take place.* A lot of what happens to Mercedes mirrors Ofelia's trials. Stealing the key from the toad's belly mirrors Mercedes stealing the key to the storehouse from Vidal, using the key to get what she needs stealthily, wanting to take Ofelia away mirrors Ofelia wanting to take her brother away.) At the end, Mercedes is left with Ofelia's brother; what if everything Ofelia goes through is just Mercedes' telling the baby a bedtime story? She's immortalizing the girl she loved so much by putting her into the stories she loved so much.** The last part was most likely {{Jossed}}: See the link above. Nothing says Mercedes wouldn't tell the little brother awesome stories of his PluckyGirl of an older sister, though.[[AC:FridgeHorror]]* Just what would Vidal have done if his child had turned out to be a girl?** Given the line to the doctor about saving the "son" if it comes down to a choice between the mother and child, I don't think he would have had her killed, but probably would have handed her off to a nanny (probably Mercedes) with the intention of shipping her to a boarding school (preferably overseas) when she was old enough. He then would have remarried as soon as possible to try again at getting a son. Also, I get the feeling he would have no problem cheating on his wife but would want his son to be "legitimate."** Vidal [[PragmaticVillain isn't stupid enough]] to do things ForTheEvulz. He seemed content [[ParentalNeglect to just ignore Ofelia]] until she started causing trouble, so I doubt he'd just kill off any daughters he had for the crime of not being male.* According to legend, the screams of a mandrake root will bring death to anyone who hears it. [[spoiler:Ophelia and Carmen were in earshot of the mandrake root's death throes (the latter having chucked it into a fire), and they very likely died over the course of the film]].For FridgeLogic entries, see Headscratchers/PansLabyrinth.----


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